Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nationals Day 1/2: Dirty Water

So most of day 1 was postponed. After Mens D and half of Wakeskate, officials stopped the event due to water testing that revealed high levels of bacteria in the river due to recent storms. Before that, Nick rode for us for Mens D. The conditions were very challenging with high winds. The other two riders in Nick's division fell quickly, but Nick strung together a solid run of clean, grabbed, fundamental tricks that earned him the top spot in his heat and the highest score in all of Mens D. Unfortunately, Joel had a few falls in his wakeskate run and missed a qualifying spot by a fraction of a point. Right now that leaves us tied at 6th place going into tomorrow. Women's B is first tomorrow. We are looking forward to a strong day-stay tuned to this blog and twitter for up to the minute updates and pictures.

Nationals Day 1: Heats and Seeding

The heats have been announced and VT's heat is as follows:

University of Florida
Arizona State
Virginia Tech

Top 2 riders advance

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Nationals Day 0: Roadtrippin

We are on our way. 5 riders (plus one flying), 1100 miles, and 20+ hours from Blacksburg to Oklahoma City. After some mechanical difficulties we are now well underway (huge thanks to former VTWake President Josh Settlage for letting us use his truck). We hope to arrive at a decent hour this evening for check in and registration where we will receive all info on seeding/heats/TV coverage dates, etc. We will keep you posted

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Countdown to Nationals

In less than 1 week, VT Wake will be headed to Nationals (CBS Alt Games) in Oklahoma City, OK. Stay tuned to this blog as well as VTwake's Twitter (@VTWake) for daily updates as we compete for the title.